David Cronenberg
Written before "Crash", eXistenZ suffered from being released in the wake of a wave of science fiction / virtual reality - movies like The Matrix and failed to reach the audience it deserved. Which would have caused the release of the accompanying eXistenZ - computer game, said to be completely developped.

Although it would be hard to beat the likely  Jean Baudrillard highscore, as eXistenZ includes although the features he would happily embrace: total simulation, plays / games / terrorists all originating from the seducer Allegra Geller.